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A first-person puzzle game set in a Gothic-styled city caught between past and future. Exploration and puzzle solving are the core of the experience.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Lavish presentation
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Desolus are Obduction, Firmament and Rivage. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Desolus special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Firmament

Puzzles and brain teasers

A steampunk puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst, Cyan. Alongside a clockwork companion you explore several fantastical realms and solve intricate environmental puzzles in first person.

Rivage

Sci-fi setting

Rivage is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wake as Miranda aboard a space station caught in a strange cosmic phenomenon. You explore the station, solve intricate puzzles and uncover what happened to your missing crew.

The Swapper

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

The Talos Principle II

Puzzles and brain teasers

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

Myst V: End of Ages

Puzzles and brain teasers

The finale of the Myst series sends you through strange, freely explorable worlds in first person, solving environmental puzzles and piecing together the history of the D'ni from journals and clues. Your final choice decides the fate of that ancient civilization.

Soul Axiom

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric puzzle adventure set in a digital afterlife, where you wander through memory-based worlds and solve ability-driven puzzles to uncover your own identity.

Unmechanical

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric puzzle adventure in which you guide a small drone through a eerie world of flesh, rock and steel toward freedom. It tells its tale without words and relies on clever environmental puzzles.

Small Radios Big Televisions

Puzzles and brain teasers

A surreal puzzle adventure set in abandoned factories where you collect data tapes to enter abstract virtual worlds. Puzzles and new ways of moving are uncovered through experimentation, wrapped in a distinctive, minimalist aesthetic.

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Puzzles and brain teasers

Riven sends you alone through a decaying, lovingly crafted island world where you must decipher interlocking mechanical puzzles with almost no guidance. Its dense atmosphere and coherent world design make it a classic of the adventure genre.

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